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Microsoft was found guilty in 2001 for artificially boosting Internet Explorer
using its Monopoly power. But now, 20 years later, the company is trying the
same thing with Edge. The latest build of Windows 11 breaks the functionality
of a widely used tool called Edge Deflector, used to mitigate Microsoft's
annoying practice of making every web link in a built-in Windows feature open
in Edge, even if your default browser is set to something else. Thankfully,
developer Robert Mail has created a new tool called MS Edge Redirect that works
around Microsoft's workaround that broke the first workaround. Counter counter measures
so users can stay one step ahead of Microsoft's desperate attempts to
please, please use Edge. We we even made
it Chrome. It's just Chrome now. Just use it, please. I guess they're not
worried about antitrust because that lawsuit was about Internet Explorer. This is Edge. It's completely non-over
overlapping. Stop edging us. I'm getting edged.
Gamers were excited yesterday when Rockstar launched the highly anticipated
Grand Theft Auto Trilogy Definitive Edition, only to have their excitement
turned to horror as the PC version suffered from graphical glitches, major
issues with the Rockstar Launcher app, and annoying online check-in
requirements that made the game unplayable when the servers went offline.
That's video games, baby. These are these are from like the PS1.
Got to check in. We got to know where you how are you doing? Do you like the
game? Rockstar has now pulled the game from sale on PC until they can fix the
multiple problems. Although the trilogy is still available on consoles.
Apparently Rockstar has a history of screwing up the launch of remastered
versions of its games. So, you'd think they'd take the time to iron things out
for this one. But maybe the launch itself is the same kind of
tongue-in-cheek commentary on how much game launches suck sometimes. Be very on
brand. No, no, no, no, no. I punched a sex worker in game to make a statement.
You don't get it. And didn't pick up her cash.
So, points. And following intense community backlash, Discord CEO Jason
Citroen sounds delicious. Lemony has done the old walkback after
indicating his company was getting on board the NFT train. Oh no. It all
started earlier this week when Citroen replied to a tweet from a crypto
investor with an image of a Discord build featuring integration with a
couple crypto wallet apps. Then the Discord community exploded, threatening
to cancel Nitro subscriptions to avoid encouraging pyramid schemes that destroy
the environment. Do they mean Ponzi schemes?
That's different, actually. You got to get your schemes right. That's a different scheme.
I know. Go check out Investipedia. A
couple days later, Citroen tweeted that his original image showed an internal
concept that Discord has no plans to ship. And for now, they're focused on
protecting users from spam, scams, and fraud. The holy trinity, the evil. So,
Discord users don't have to worry. I mean, if Discord does ship an NFT
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primordial soup. Speaking of superfluous pixels, Google accidentally pushed a
nearly 2 GB update to Pixel phones running Android 12 this week. That was
completely unnecessary because the update was the Android 12 build they
were already running. Hold on to your Ryzen CPUs because a new cryptocurrency
called Raptorium can be mined most effectively on CPUs with large L3 caches
like AMD's Ryzen, Threadripper, and Epic processors. As if there weren't
enough things keeping tech products out of consumers hands, now we may be looking at a new wave of scalpers
targeting Team Red. Because you just told me to go and buy it.
Oh no, no, you're part of the problem. Whoopsies.
Apparently, mining difficulty for the coin is going up with earnings going
down. So, hopefully these raptors get thrown off the fence soon. Or
no, Microsoft has added some nice quality of
life updates to the Xbox PC app, which now supports custom install locations
for games, faster downloads, those are
the special ones, and support for game mods just like Steam. Unfortunately, the
whole app only opens as a tab in Microsoft Edge, so there's still some
work to do. Stop edging us. And the world's first iPhone with a USBC
port has been sold on eBay for $86,000.
The device is a custom modded iPhone 10 built by robotics engineering student
Ken Pelonal, who warned potential buyers
that they shouldn't try to use the phone as an actual phone because doing
basically anything with it uh might break it. This phone has one life to live. Once
it's dead, it's dead. And it's worth86,000.
I think that's worth a middle class salary. Phone that doesn't work.
Continuing this video is not worth it, though. So, come back on Monday for more
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